Kundalini Tantra: 1

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You need to avoid the laser focus on the stimulus itself and gradually expand the zone of arousal into the whole pelvic area and beyond. You don’t have to accept that each chakra is associated with a specific vertebra or organ or gland but is an essential representation of that region of the body. Swami Sivananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society stated in his book Kundalini Yoga that "Supersensual visions appear before the mental eye of the aspirant, new worlds with indescribable wonders and charms unfold themselves before the Yogi, planes after planes reveal their existence and grandeur to the practitioner and the Yogi gets divine knowledge, power and bliss, in increasing degrees, when Kuṇḍalinī passes through Chakra after Chakra, making them to bloom in all their glory.

The author delves deep into the intricacies of Kundalini, the chakras, and the symbiotic relationship between mind, body, and spirit.The book is divided in four parts: the first one regards the philosophy of Tantra and the different ways to understand it, focusing on the requirements for one to step upon it; the second part illustrates the mechanisms of the chakras, exercises for their activation and all the symbolic aspects that might help us get in touch with our psychophysiological functioning; the third part explores twenty kriya practices that should only be approached whenever the yogi feels that his body has been properly purified; and the last part brings a discussion with the swamis from the Bihar School of Yoga, aiming to elucidate doubts about the kundalini, the nadis, psychosis, diseases, awareness etc. Even though you may have already been introduced to yoga, it is necessary to know something about tantra also.

For example, study a bit of about human anatomy and you could meditate only on the maximus gluteus or solely on the seminal vesicles. In: Goddess Traditions in Tantric Hinduism: History, Practice and Doctrine, edited by Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen London: Routledge, 2016. Wallis, Christopher, Recognition Sutras: Illuminating a 1,000-Year-Old Spiritual Masterpiece, Mattamayura Press, 6 Oct 2017, Introduction. In this context, Kundalini Yoga is considered the most important discovery of traditional Tantra and other Yoga Philosophies. But then it was adopted by ascetic religious traditions that condemned overt sexuality, so the modern variety of very active breathwork and muscle control was developed as a substitute, a way to generate a simulation of sexual energy in a society that had become increasingly sex-negative and puritanical.I started yoga about seven months ago and this book helped me understand some things that were going on with my body.

At the command of the yogi in deep meditation, this creative force turns inward and flows back to its source in the thousand-petaled lotus, revealing the resplendent inner world of the divine forces and consciousness of the soul and spirit. Sacred chant meditation using a harmonium with mantras is a powerful and transformative practice that combines ancient eastern traditions with the healing power of sound. In this article, I will be describing 8 different chakras, but don’t be surprised if you come across Yoga scholars who enumerate more chakras. The 3rd chapter after this in detail explains the way of awakening each of the seven chakras in detail. When Kundalini is awakened spontaneously or without guidance it can lead to Kundalini syndrome which sometimes presents as Psychosis.Swami Satyananda Saraswati had paved the way for yogic principles, techniques of the sages and hermits who dedicated their life developing the knowledge of yoga, meditation, and yogic principles that is or is going to be linked with modern science and backed by scientific principles. His book, The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga became a major source for many modern Western adaptations of Kundalini yoga practice. We also welcome discussions about the practices and beliefs of the principal tantric schools and traditions that exist today.

I never took a kundalini yoga training or anything tantra specific, so I am coming at this from a bit of a blank slate.

The second chapter of Kundalini tantra further describes the link between raj yoga, kundalini, and samadhi itself.